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time the infant, in a state of excitement which it is im- 

 possible to describe, suddenly sits up, seizes the bed cur- 

 tains and tears them with convulsive frenzy; he throws 

 himself on the neck of his mother or of those about 

 him, embracing them and trying to clutch whatever he 

 can as a something to hold by. At other times, it is 

 against himself that he directs his impotent efforts, grasp- 

 ing violently the front of the neck, as if to tear out 

 from it that which is suffocating him. The puffy, purple 

 face, and the haggard, sparkling eyes express the most 

 painful anxiety and the most profound terror : the ex- 

 hausted child then falls into a sort of stupor, during which 

 respiration is difficult and hissing. The face and lips are 

 pale, and the eyes sunken. At last, after a supreme effort 

 to breathe, the agonies of death begin, and the struggle 

 ends." 



I wonder that we, who know what joy the fruits of animal 

 experimentation have brought to many families, can sit 

 with patience while the petitioners for the restriction of 

 medical research discuss man's place in nature and his atti- 

 tude toward the brute creation. " Do I believe we are 

 justified in sacrificing animals for the good of man! " ex- 

 claimed a distinguished pathologist at one of the committee 

 hearings. " Why, I would sacrifice a whole nation of cats 

 to save one child." 



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Animals are even more indebted than man to animal 

 experimentation. It is not too much to say that experi- 

 mentation upon animals during the past twenty-five years 

 has accomplished more to the relief of animals themselves 

 than all former efforts taken together. 



Consider the ravages of Texas fever, now rapidly dimin- 

 ishing, chiefly because of the discoveries of Dr. Theobald 



